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That's weird, I ordered that from eBay not Amazon
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Whales:
I don't have an account with Amazon.  I've never used them.  So imagine my surprise today when I received an Amazon package addressed to me.

Inside: items I bought off eBay, some Amazon receipts and a little note from Amazon telling me to "enjoy my Gift from <person's name>".

I assume the seller put an Amazon order in, marked it as a "gift" and gave my name+address.  I paid $3.06AUD for this (the price you see probably changes depending on your bloodtype).


I think this makes me happy.  They probably pay an Amazon subscription; which (as I understand) is a business model designed to (on average) make customers lose more money overall and lock them in.  Via this method only one person has to pay Amazon the subscription, not two, and I suffer no lock-in.

On a moral front: I know Amazon has lots of problems.  eBay also has lots of problems in other ways.  I try to use other suppliers & their websites where I can (fun fact: many WA suppliers are much cheaper than NSW ones even once shipping is factored in), but there are many things I can only get from greymarket platforms like eBay/Alix/etc.
bob91343:
I think there is some sort of unholy alliance between Amazon and ebay.  I don't like to deal with Amazon cuz their prices are too high.  Even with prime.  Really big business.
Fire Doger:
Same happened to me with AliExpress.
Maybe the seller sells on both platforms and use Amazon warehouse for both.
antenna:
Probably drop shipping. Many people find products and relist them without an actual inventory. The order is placed by the drop shipper with your address as the ship to address pocketing the markup you didn't notice because you didn't shop around.
Daixiwen:
Or it could be fraud too.



As it is a "gift" I suppose you don't have the bill from Amazon? If the cost from Amazon is higher than what you paid on eBay it could indicate they used a stolen credit card.
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